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Mark 8:25-27 CEB
[25] Then Jesus placed his hands on the man's eyes again. He looked with his eyes wide open, his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly. [26] Then Jesus sent him home, saying, "Don't go into the village!" [27] Jesus and his disciples went into the villages near Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

Do you wonder why Jesus first led this man out of the village and then told him not to go back, but to go home?
I'm wondering if a clue is found in the next thing Mark gives us here...Jesus asking his team "who do people say that I am?"
As good and wonderful the miracle of returning lost sight is, it's not the Big Story of what Jesus is about. Maybe he was concerned about becoming a celebrity.
As followers of Jesus what are we concerned about?
In our current culture which seems to value celebrity, profile, followers, Jesus seems to take a different path, and what does that mean for us?
We are Loved and Accepted by the God of Creation- perhaps the invitation today is just to sit with that, to stand wherever we stand today in that Love and Acceptance, and to let that be enough...
#gospelofMark #GoodNews 
#invitation 
#Monday
#Godsgym
#itsaheartthing 

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